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The Paradox of Conformity and the Challenge for New Ideas

August 26, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Dynamics of Conformity The pressure to conform is the underlying dynamic of belonging to a group. If you don’t conform you soon become part of an out-group or shift to another in-group. In-groupness and out-groupness is a foundational study in Social Psychology ; … [Read more...] about The Paradox of Conformity and the Challenge for New Ideas

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: Canberra, conformity, paradox

Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

July 7, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Talking about ‘ritual’ in safety is a bit like talking about the war (see video below). Safety is so often noisy about petty risk and so silent about the many critical indicators of culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ). Just search for safety+culture+ritual and see … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Ritual

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: heuristics, paradox, rituals, safety moments

The Zero Safety Paradox

September 2, 2021 by Admin 3 Comments

Found this interesting article posted recently by Jason Kunz and just wallowing in the Linkedin mud (HERE): The Zero Safety Paradox This is instalment four in a twelve-part series on the future of the Safety and Health (S&H) profession, and the Safety and Health professional. Insights are based … [Read more...] about The Zero Safety Paradox

Filed Under: Safety Professional, Zero Harm Tagged With: paradox

Coping With Paradox and Ambiguity in Safety

July 1, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the temptations of working in safety is to portray a ‘wicked problem’ as black and white, simple and easy (https://safetyrisk.net/risk-and-safety-as-a-wicked-problem/ ). A wicked problem is any problem that cannot be ‘fixed’ or ‘solved’ and the more one attempts to do so, the more ‘wicked’ … [Read more...] about Coping With Paradox and Ambiguity in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ambiguity, paradox, wicked problem

The Compliance Conundrum

July 22, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

  The challenge of compliance is also a challenge to critical thinking, this is one of the many paradoxes in risk and safety. When we comply or an organization seeks compliance this is all well and good only while things stay the same. When things change and adaptability is required to keep … [Read more...] about The Compliance Conundrum

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Legislation, Safety Reset, Zero Harm Tagged With: compliance, mining safety, paradox, safety reset

The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”

March 13, 2019 by Admin 10 Comments

The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” Guest Post by Danny Fay As part of my assignment in Unit 5 of the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk, I am evaluating the paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” against the five principles of collective mindfulness as developed by Professor Karl Weick. Collective … [Read more...] about The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”

Filed Under: CLLR, Slips Trips and Falls Tagged With: 10 commandments, collective mindfulness, karl weick, lifesaving rules, paradox

Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox

January 1, 2019 by Rob Sams 4 Comments

Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox “Happy New Year! I hope that for you and your family, it is a year of much happiness, health and success!” This salutation, and many versions of it, flood our social media feeds on this, the first day of 2019. It is a customary greeting (at least in our … [Read more...] about Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: happiness, paradox

Safety Hits a Snag

November 18, 2018 by Admin 11 Comments

Safety Hits a Snag The media and social media in Australia recently lit up over the overcooked Bunnings directive that sausage sizzle volunteers must place onions beneath the sausages in order to prevent slips and falls in their stores – supported by the trite platitude that safety is their “number … [Read more...] about Safety Hits a Snag

Filed Under: Risk Aversion Tagged With: bunnings, onions, paper safe, paradox, safety no1 priority

Safety, mental health and the safety paradox

September 14, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

It's great to see such a focus on mental health at the moment and the activities being conducted for RU OK day etc. However, I do wonder if perhaps we are over doing it and if such an overt, theatrical or contrived approach may have unintended, harmful by-products for people with mental health … [Read more...] about Safety, mental health and the safety paradox

Filed Under: Mental health Tagged With: mental health, paradox, RU OK

The Mystery and Paradox of Being an Individual in a Social World

April 15, 2018 by Rob Sams Leave a Comment

The Mystery and Paradox of Being an Individual in a Social World I had the privilege today to meet up with a friend, one who I've known for a while, yet up until today we’d not had the opportunity to meet in person, so we both made the time and effort to catch up. We shared in a wholesome … [Read more...] about The Mystery and Paradox of Being an Individual in a Social World

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: paradox, social sensemaking

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